Men's Tennis

Ng and Chen win Wallach 'A' doubles title

Tyler Ng '19 and Jeff Chen '22

Oct 07, 2018

LEWISTON, Maine – For the second year in a row, the Brandeis men's tennis team won the 'A' doubles flight at Bates College's James Wallach Invitational.

This year, the winning tandem was senior Tyler Ng (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) and rookie Jeffrey Chen (Northfield, Ill. / New Trier). The duo defeated Ruparel and Fung from Amherst in the first round, 8-6, then outlasted Davis and Quijano from host Bates, 8-7 (9-7), in the quarterfinals on Saturday to advance to Sunday's semifinal round. In the semis, the Judges stunned the ITA Regional champions Wang and Jiang from Bowdoin, 8-6, to reach the finals. In the championship round, they defeated Wei and Bessette from Amherst College, 8-5, to claim the title. Last season, junior David Aizenberg (Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park), who is abroad this semester, and sophomore Anupreeth Cormutla (Monroe Township, N.J./Phillips Andover) won the Wallach 'A' doubles title. Sophomores Rajan Vohra (Glen Head, N.Y. / North Shore) and Nikhil Das (Smithfield, R.I. / Moses Brown School) reached the second round of the tournament with an 8-3 win over Tracy and DeCelis from Wheaton before falling to Wei and Bessette, 8-1.

Chen also had the Judges' top singles performance, reaching the semifinals of the 'B' flight. He defeated Ross DeRose of Trinity in the second round, 6-3, 6-2, after earning a bye. After knocking off Larry Zhao of Bowdoin, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2, in the quarters, he pushed eventual champion Zach Bessette of Amherst to the limit before falling in a third-set super-tiebreaker, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 10-6.